Sentences with phrase «leave narrowed the gap»

Remain's lead slipped and voters» indecision was on the increase as Leave narrowed the gap in the Telegraph's weekly poll.

Not exact matches

With a narrow defence as it is, that would leave gaps in from the flanks to exploit us time and again.

Detroit returned the punt for 17 yards to set up a scoring drive that narrowed the gap to 27 - 23 with almost the entire fourth quarter left to play.

Although the smaller gap left a weaker magnetic signal on the tape, the narrow tracks did not overlap and so did not cancel each other out.

During the era of No Child Left Behind very little progress has been made in narrowing the achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students.

After almost five years, the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act already has made a significant impact on U.S. schools, based on improved test scores and a narrowing of the achievement gap, according to U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings.

This is a sentiment that industries and education need to work closely together was strongly supported through the panel discussion by all players in the sector, including joint managing director at Warwickshire County Council, Monica Fogarty, who expressed the need to bring «big business players on side» to narrow the digital skills gap seen when students leave education for the work force.

According to the Harvard Civil Rights Project, «No Child Left Behind has not helped the nation and states significantly narrow the achievement gaps.

The principal intellectual and moral argument that advocates make — and for which I have considerable sympathy — is similar to that of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) backers: giving needy kids a boost up the ladder of educational and later - life success by narrowing the achievement gaps that now trap too many of them on the lower rungs.

I want us, together, to narrow the gap for the places left behind and provide better opportunities for the children who have the hardest start in life.

After she left the classroom, Stacy worked as a program manager and curriculum developer for a national nonprofit working to narrow the literacy achievement gap.

ESSA replaces No Child Left Behind, and provides states, districts and schools with increased flexibility over how to use funding, how to demonstrate student progress and achievement and how to improve school performance and narrow the opportunity gap, among other changes.

The rate at which new teachers enter the profession has been falling since 2013, and although new teachers still outnumber those who leave the profession, the gap has narrowed substantially in recent years.

With that, we have two standstill regions that leave only a narrow gap between themselves for the super El Nino and its accompanying step warming.